Lady&#39;s bathing garment



June 26, 1934. T. M. NEGRI 1,964,210

LADYS BATHING GARMENT Filed June 6, 1932 Tresino. Marla N 9 INVENTOR'.

Patented June 26, 1934:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application June 6, 193.2,: Serial No.615,573

In France May 11, 1932 1- Claim.

In my co-pending application for a patent No. 608,184, I have describeda ladys bathing gar-- ment serving to straighten ladies breasts and togive an aesthetic appearance to the bust, while allowing an entirefreedom for the movements, the said garment being chiefly characterizedby the fact that its upper part is so arranged as to form two pockets,which surround the breasts, while fitting closely, and maintaining themin position, without flattening them or exerting any pressure upon them.

The present invention relates to a bathing garment of this class, and ischiefly characterized by the fact that the two upper lateral and rearpieces, which cooperate in the formation of said pockets adapted tocontain the breasts, are divided at their rear portion in the lengthwisedirection in such manner, that each piece will form two flaps or bands,the upper flap of each piece being attached at the front to the upperportion of the oppositely-situated pocket, whilst the lower flaps arepreferably attached at a common point upon the upper edge of the mainrear piece of the garment.

By this arrangement, the edges of the pockets containing the breastswill fit closely upon the skin over the whole outline of the breasts,avoiding thus the opening of the said garment at its upper or lateralsides when the person is in the stooping position or makes variousmovements.

In the accompanying drawing, which is given solely by way of example:

Fig. 1 is a front view of an improved bathing garment in conformity tothe invention,

Fig. 2 is the corresponding side and rear view,

Fig. 3 is a view showing, in the flatwise position and before sewingtogether, the piece which forms, after the sewing, the assembly of theupper front and rear part of the garment and the lower front part.

In the form of execution herein represented, the bathing garment, whichis made of a suitable fabric of any kind, such as jersey or the like,comprises a main front piece 1, which forms the leg part in the knownmanner when joined to the main rear piece 2 (and a lower point 3, Fig.3), the two pieces 1 and 2 being joined at the sides on the lines AB andAB.

The main front piece 1, in which the warp yarn of the fabric haspreferably the longitudinal direction, parallel with the longitudinalaxis of the bathing garment, is cut out according to an outline BALMNOKKONM'LAB.

The lateral and rear parts 55 are split lengthwise, and the upper flaps10 -10 are longer than the lower flaps 11-1-1.

The edges feD and feD' pertaining to the cutout part of the garment aresymmetrical with reference to the longitudinal axis XX, and are thenconnected together in such manner as to cause the points f e to coinciderespectively with the points fe. The lines E F form a socalled pinch,and the junction of the edges e D and ED on the one hand, and e D and ED on the other hand, forms two pockets adapted to contain and to mouldthe breasts.

Ihe upper flaps 10-10' cross one another loosely at 12 and are broughtover the shoulders, and are then attached respectively at g and g to theoppositely-situated pockets containing the breasts. The lower flaps11--1l are attached to the upper edge of the main rear piece 2, forinstance at a common point 13. The bands 10l0' and l1ll are attached atgg-13 by any suitable means which may be removable, as for instancehooks, spring pressure buttons etc., or may be of a permanent nature forinstance by sewing the parts together.

Obviously, the main piece which is cut out as shown in Fig. 3 maycomprise openwork parts which allow the suns rays to pass through whileconcealing the forms of the body and the skin.

It is evident that the said invention is not limited to the forms ofexecution herein described and represented, which are given solely byway of example, and it is obvious that the bands 1010' and 11-11 can beused even if the lateral and rear parts 55 are not formed in one withthe main piece 1. 1.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A ladys bathing garment, comprising a main front piece, a rear piece andtwo rear and lateral portions, the assembly of these parts forming atthe upper front part of said garment two pockets to contain the breasts,said rear and lateral portions being each divided according to thelongitudinal direction in order to form two superposed flaps, each upperflap of the corresponding rear and lateral portion being attached on thefront at the upper portion of the opposite pocket containing the breast,and the corresponding lower flaps being preferably attached upon acommon point situated substantially in the middle portion of the upperedge of the said rear piece.

TERESINA MARIA NEGRI.

